1920 ART DECO Bernhard Bloch EICHWALD Czech CARL KLIMT jug Powolny DITMAR URBACH

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1920 ART DECO Bernhard Bloch EICHWALD Czech CARL KLIMT jug Powolny DITMAR URBACH:
$59.88

circa 1920s Jugendstil ART DECO Bernhard Bloch EICHWALD Czech Bohemian jug
CARL KLIMT / Michael Powolny / DITMAR URBACH
Wiener Werkstaette /Secessionist influence
Superb Czech jug, manufactured circa 1920/1930, I believe by Bernard Bloch of Uncín near Teplice.

I have seen the \"companion\" vase in photo #5 listed by a reputable sale house (Dorotheum or such) as a design by Carl Klimt (1876 Teplice – 1945 Cínovec). Klimt was associated with Bloch, and the more complicated design of the vase is similar to his work from the Jugendstil era circa 1910/1920. Yet I believe the more modern (less fussy) lines of the jug date a bit later, circa the 1920s.

I\'ve also seen similar designs listed as Ditmar Urbach on . Both manufacturers were located in the Teplice/Teplitz area.

Any further info would be greatly appreciated!

The stunning handpainted decor definitely shows the influenceof the Wiener Werkstaette and Vienna Secessionists, including the work of Michael Powolny, Carl Otto Czechka and Emanuel Josef Margold.

Backstamped with Czechoslovakia and various impressed and painted marks that I can\'t quite read clearly.

Approx. 5.5 inches high (14 cm).

Weighs approx. 320 grams.

Excellentcondition. No major damages. A couple minute nicks on the rim (photo #9). And what may perhaps become a glaze flake (photo #10, around the 3 o\'clock position, center right; it seems fine now, yet the outline gives pause, and seems too specific and different from typical crazing; might an easy preventative fix be to touch it up now with a bit of clear glaze, or nail polish in a pinch? probably not an issue if just displayed). Please supersize the photos to fully appreciate and inspect this superb design.

Re combined shipping discounts:

For US shipping, buyers can often get about 5 items for $25, or fill a standard Staples/Office Depot file box for about $35. Price depends on size and weight (no large anvils). And it\'s cheaper still in Canada.
Worldwide shipping does not offer combined benefits over 2 kg, since there are no \"regular Airmail\" options (1-3 wks), only expedited (\"5 day\"). If you wish to buy a number of items that exceeds 2 kg, I may consider Seamail/Surface Parcel, though note that this normally takes 6 to 8 weeks, and is suprisingly not that cheap for larger/heavier packages (though it is cheap for packages under 2 kg).
If you have any questions or wish an estimate, please contact me.

See my other sales to combine shipping, with more great items, originalantique artwork, pieces from the Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1970s and 1980s Memphis, byand in the style of WMF, Waechtersbach, Villeroy & Boch, Schramberg, Rosenthal, Fritz Heckert, Hector Guimard, Koloman / Kolo Moser, Josef Maria Olbrich, Peter Behrens, Ettore Sottsass and Heide />On May-03-16 at 15:57:21 PDT, seller added the following information:

UPDATE: because I found the discussion informative and fascinating (me like learnin\' new stuff; assume you do too, LOL), here\'s the follow-up replies from the Q&A posted at the bottom of the listing (unfortunately, does not offer the option to show the message thread for more than 1 Question/Answer, so I\'m copying/pasting it here):

David:Super! Thanks for taking the time to reply. Very interesting. A lot to unpack. I would love a link to your recent article on the copies. I think you\'re definitely right re Eichwald not stamping pieces. Though the green pieces come to mind first. Maybe that was more a mass market line, which they didn\'t stamp, reserving stamps for higher end pieces? I\'m open to possibilities.Seems like companies got better re stamps c the 1930s. Yet glass then and today often only has a label. And a lot of Fat Lava \'60s stuff just has \"W-Germany\" impressed, you have to know the fonts and styles to determine which company... I wish manufacturers were more concerned with future collectors than with profits...As noted, my pottery interests are more Wiener Werkstaette area, and my glass interests are more Czech/Bohemian Nouveau/Deco. And while I dip my toes in the adjacent waters of stuff like Bloch, Urbach, Amphora, 1960s Boho glass, since a relative continuity, I can\'t buy or research everything, I try to focus as much as possible....Having just come off another Boho glass buying binge, my head is swirling with how incestuous it was, companies subcontracting jobs to others, (IIRC for all of the following)Loetz to Lobmyr on behalf of Bakalowitz, Richard glass, Moser and other companies starting off buying blanks from Harrach, handpainting enamel decors and selling the pieces as their own, a vague theory that Welz may have been just a line of Kralik and not a separate company, members of the Kralik family marrying members of the Loetz family, etc. Makes sense as a community/industry/small world, but can be disorienting to untangle. You know. Plus the oddity of seeing Glasgow Girl handpainted pieces on German/Hutschenreuther type blanks. [Read that cheap imports were a key factor leading to the original protectionist requirements of country of origin stamps c the 1880s, and the troubles the UK had c the 1920s with Germany dumping cheap goods.]Yes, a link to your article appreciated. Mike

Dear dbf57,
David:Super! Thanks for taking the time to reply. Very interesting. A lot to unpack. I would love a link to your recent article on the copies. I think you\'re definitely right re Eichwald not stamping pieces. Though the green pieces come to mind first. Maybe that was more a mass market line, which they didn\'t stamp, reserving stamps for higher end pieces? I\'m open to possibilSeems like companies got better re stamps c the 1930s. Yet glass then and today often only has a label. And a lot of Fat Lava \'60s stuff just has \"W-Germany\" impressed, you have to know the fonts and styles to determine which company... I wish manufacturers were more concerned with future collectors than with profits...As noted, my pottery interests are more Wiener Werkstaette area, and my glass interests are more Czech/Bohemian Nouveau/Deco. And while I dip my toes in the adjacent waters of stuff like Bloch, Urbach, Amphora, 1960s Boho glass, since a relative continuity, I can\'t buy or research everything, I try to focus as much as possible....Having just come off another Boho glass buying binge, my head is swirling with how incestuous it was, companies subcontracting jobs to others, Loetz to Lobmyr on behalf of Bakalowitz, Richard glass, Moser and other companies starting off buying blanks from Harrach (IIRC), handpainting enamel decors and selling the pieces as their own, a vague theory that Welz may have been just a line of Kralik and not a separate company, IIRC members of the Kralik family marrying members of the Loetz family, etc. Makes sense as a community/industry/small world, but can be disorienting to untangle. You know. Plus the oddity of seeing Glasgow Girl handpainted pieces on German/Hutschenreuther type blanks. [Read that cheap imports were a key factor leading to the original protectionist requirements of country of origin stamps c the 1880s, and the troubles the UK had c the 1920s with Germany dumping cheap goods.]Yes, a link to your article appreciated. Mike- masondixoncaulfield

dbf57

Hi Mike;I have never had a specificBloch piece, so I do not know.
Unless all Eichwald pieces are Bloch pieces????I do have a few Eichwald pieces and they are not marked at all
like DU\"Made in Czechoslovakia\" on DU pieces is
in a crescent shapeonly under the DU factory markall others are generallymarked\"Hand-painted in Czechoslovakia\"except for the specific variationsDU pieces were marked in a number of ways
for many different reasons.
Remember there were 2 DU factories Tepiltz and ZnaimI do not believe DU had any other company make their pottery/blanks
DU pieces have mold numbers and mold names that correspond with the
DU catalogs.
I know there were many DU copies made, specifically in Japan and Great Britain,
just wrote a piece on this.Thoughvery interested, my knowledge of theWiener Werkstaette is limited
to lectures at the CCA (Czechoslovakian Collectors Association), the Wolfsonian Museum and the little I have read.
Best
David